Morris Park

Morris Park is a working-class and middle-class neighborhood of The Bronx, New York City. Morris Park is named for John Albert Morris, who built the Morris Park Racecourse in 1889. After a 1910 fire, the property was divided into lots in order to become a new neighborhood, and the low-lying and flat area was filled with one- and two-family homes and apartment buildings. The area came to have a large Italian population and Irish, Albanian, and Hispanic minorities. In 2011, Morris Park had a population of over 25,000 people.